John Harvey

Various people, depending upon our association with others, know us in various ways. Today we celebrate how we know God. God is Trinity; Three persons one God.

Rev.’d Sheppard and I brainstormed some names in which we pray to and recognize God as Trinity. I invite you in your prayers and reflections this week, to explore the different ways in which we name God. How we perceive God tells us how we consider our relations with God. May we be open to God’s love and presence in our lives.

God Bless,

David

Father Son Holy Spirit

Creator Redeemer Sanctifier

Almighty Messiah Advocate

Abba Logos Sophia

Weekly Word

Abba,

You give us love;

You sustain us when sometimes it feels like the whole world is caving in around us.

You have created all; you create in us the potential for joy.

Logos,

We journey in your way;

We hear of your deeds; we try to emulate them.

We receive your forgiveness as you offer us your redemption.

Sophia,

You are our defense;

We know your presence through the interaction of others.

You give us grace and invite us into a pattern of holiness.

Holy Trinity

We thank you this day

Amen

David

Weekly Word

This week we celebrate with thanksgiving the mystery of the Holy Trinity. We celebrate in song and prayer our understanding of God as Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The mystery of the Holy Trinity has been explored in the life of the church since the third century after Jesus’ birth. We try to explain and qualify our understandings, yet as humans, we always fall short of the breadth of the expression of God. For me the most profound ways of meditating and exploring the nature of God come in prayer, in song, and in Scripture. I invite you to consider Psalm 8, sing hymns 1 and 445 from Common Praise, and pray while in the midst of the beauty of creation. Perhaps these ways are not the best ways for you to explore the mystery of the Trinity. They are a way. May we forever offer thanks and praise to God this day, as we join in the ministry to which we are called.

God Bless,

David

Weekly Word

Today we celebrate the feast of the Holy Trinity. We ponder the mystery of God: One in three - three in one. We are reminded once again of God who is our Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier; God who comes to us in the forms of Almighty Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit the Advocate.

We are reminded that even in these explanations; God is not contained in our words and images. God breaks all moulds. God is beyond all that we can ask, imagine, or quantify. God is ‘Greater than which no greater thing can be thought.’ (St. Anselm)

As we marvel in the beauty and love that is present in creation, in community, and in each interaction we have with others, let us remember that God is beyond all face and form. This God, loves us deeply.